Stanley Donen

Born April 13, 1924· Columbia, South Carolina, USA

† Died February 21, 2019

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Emerging from a modest upbringing in Columbia, South Carolina, where he began dance lessons after being inspired by Astaire’s films, Donen entered the Broadway chorus in the early 1940s and quickly moved into stage management and assistant choreography. After a brief stint as a Hollywood choreographer for MGM, he partnered with Gene Kelly to co-direct celebrated musicals such as On the Town, Singi…

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources